Khamis al-Khanjar

Khamis al-Khanjar was an Iraqi businessman with ties to Saddam Hussein who lived in exile in Jordan during the Iraq War.

Biography
Khamis al-Khanjar was born in Iraq to a Sunni Muslim Arab family, and he became a businessman with ties to Saddam Hussein and the government of Ba'athist Iraq. In 2013, he provided a large amount of money to young Sunni protesters during the mass demonstrations against Nouri al-Maliki's government, and he also paid for the establishment of pro-Sunni news channels. He believed that Maliki had a problem with the Sunnis, and he said that he supported the revolution of the tribes against Maliki.